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WSP Global reports lower earnings for fourth quarter, full year though revenues rise

WSP Global reports lower earnings for fourth quarter, full year though revenues rise

MONTREAL — WSP Global says it earned $120 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, down 5.3 per cent from the same quarter a year earlier. That's despite the Montreal-based consultancy company reporting revenues grew 23.2 per centto $3.
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'Bad taste in your mouth': Tim Hortons wrongly tells customers they won $10,000

'Bad taste in your mouth': Tim Hortons wrongly tells customers they won $10,000

TORONTO — Some Tim Hortons customers who were told they had won $10,000 from the coffee chain's popular Roll Up To Win contest are now being notified that the prize message was a glitch.
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Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,346.53, up 70.99): Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Unchanged at $47.06 on 19.7 million shares. Great-West Lifeco Inc.
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Loonie hits four-month low as Bank of Canada holds key interest rate

Loonie hits four-month low as Bank of Canada holds key interest rate

TORONTO — The value of the loonie hit a four-month low compared with the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, but some experts say Canadian consumers shouldn't expect their wallets to take a major hit. The Canadian dollar traded at 72.54 U.S.
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S&P/TSX composite edges up Wednesday after interest rate hold, U.S. markets mixed

S&P/TSX composite edges up Wednesday after interest rate hold, U.S. markets mixed

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index edged upward Wednesday after falling more than one per cent the day before, while U.S. markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 70.99 points at 20,346.53.
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Regulator orders TC Energy to reduce operating pressure on Keystone pipeline

Regulator orders TC Energy to reduce operating pressure on Keystone pipeline

CALGARY — A U.S. regulator has ordered TC Energy Corp. to lower the operating pressure on the entire Keystone pipeline system.
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Stocks drift a day after their painful drop on rate fears

Stocks drift a day after their painful drop on rate fears

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted to a mixed close on Wall Street a day after sinking to one of their worst days of the year. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% Wednesday. The Dow fell slightly and the Nasdaq rose 0.4%.
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On tap: Booze still allowed on Amtrak in New Hampshire

On tap: Booze still allowed on Amtrak in New Hampshire

CONCORD, N.H.
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Powell says 'no decision' on the Fed's next move on rates

Powell says 'no decision' on the Fed's next move on rates

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stressed Wednesday that the central bank's policymakers have yet to decide how large an interest rate hike to impose at its next meeting in two weeks in its drive to defeat high inflation.
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Canaccord shareholder seeks to remove special committee directors who oppose buyout

Canaccord shareholder seeks to remove special committee directors who oppose buyout

TORONTO — A shareholder of Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. wants to remove the four directors on the company's board that form a special committee that has opposed a buyout offer for the firm by a management-led group of employees. Skky Capital Corp.
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